Second  Edition ,  Series  of  1913-191U 


SUGGESTIONS 

FOR 


SOCIAL  PROGRAM 
FOR  GREATER 
NEW  YORK 


WITH 

A  DIRECTORY  OF  SPEAKERS 

ON 

MUNICIPAL  PROBLEMS 


BY  SEBA  ELDRIDGE 


PUBLISHED  BY 

|(THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  SOCIAL  BETTERMENT 
OF  THE  BROOKLYN  BUREAU 
OF  CHARITIES 

69  Schermerhorn  Street,  Brooklyn,  New  York 
The  Bureau  is  not  responsible  for  the  views  of  the  Speakers 


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CONTENTS 

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I.  Labor  Problems  in  New  York  -  -  4-7 

II.  Housing,  Congestion  and  Rents  in  New  Y ork  7 

III.  Health  Problems  in  New  York  -  -  8-9 

IV.  Public  and  Private  Education  in  N e w  Y ork  9-10 

V.  The  Leisure  Time  Problem  in  New  York  10-11 

VI.  Reformation  and  Correction  in  New  Y ork  12-13 

VII.  Philanthrophy  and  the  Social  Problem  in 

New  York  ------  13-15 

VIII.  City  Planning  in  New  York  -  -  15-16 

IX.  I  Social  Forces  in  New  York  -  16-17 

X.  Politics  and  Government  in  New  York  17-19 

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INTRODUCTORY 


This  directory  is  published  in  the  hope  that 
«  it  may  be  of  service  to  forums  desiring  to  give 
adequate  consideration  to  conditions  of  life  and 
labor  in  New  York  and  the  problems  incident 
thereto. 

Scopic  definitions  of  the  subjects  listed  are 
given  in  order  to  suggest  the  treatment  that 
would  appear  desirable.  They  are  not  intended 
to  limit  speakers  or  forums  in  any  way.  For 
discussions  to  be  most  effective,  the  needs  in  the 
fields  covered  should  be  defined  as  explicitly  as 
available  data  will  permit ;  methods  of  meeting 
them  described  and  compared  with  those  employed 
elsewhere,  with  necessary  extensions  and 
changes  in  our  own  efforts  pointed  out  ;  and  re¬ 
commendations  offered  for  co-operation  with  the 
forces  making  for  improvement.  Among  oth'er 
things,  courses  of  reading  might  be  suggested 
for  the  subjects  dealt  with. 

Speakers  have  agreed  to  fill  engagements 
only  on  invitation  convenient  and  terms  satis¬ 
factory  to  them.  Many  are  glad  to  lecture  with¬ 
out  pay,  while  others  expect  compensation. 
Mention  should  be  made  of  this  point  when 
lectures  are  being  arranged.  Speakers  unable  to 
make  engagements  for  particular  dates  will 
generally  be  willing  to  suggest  other  possible 
speakers  in  their  stead.  This  Department  will 
be  glad  to  assist  in  engaging  speakers  when  those 
of  the  directory  are  unavailable  and  unable  to 
refer  inquirers  to  other  speakers.  Inquiries 
of  the  Department  relative  to  lecture  engage¬ 
ments  should  be  directed  to  the  Secretary, 
Mr.  S.  Eldridge,  or  to  the  Superintendent, 
Mr.  James  Jenkins,  Jr.,  69  Schermerhorn  Street, 
Brooklyn;  telephone,  Main  6680. 


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I. — Labor  Problems  in  New  York 


1. — The  Standard  of  Living  in  New  York. 

(Factors  determining  standards  of  living:  wages  and  incomes; 
contingencies  causing  fluctuations  in  income;  labor  conditions; 
housing  conditions;  facilities  for  the  employment  of  leisure; 
social,  class  and  individual  ideals.  Deficiencies  in  New  York 
standards:  idleness  and  luxury  among  the  rich;  under-nourish¬ 
ment,  overcrowding,  improper  recreation  and  inadequate  educa¬ 
tion  among  the  poor;  unsatisfactory  social  relations.  The  mini¬ 
mum  wage,  social  insurance,  vocational  training  and  other  pro 
posals  for  elevating  low  standards.) 

Mrs.  V.  G.  Simkhovitch, 

Director  Greenwich  House, 

26  Jones  St.,  New  York;  Spring:  5809. 


2. — The  Cost  of  Living  in  New  York. 

(The  advance  in  prices  compared  with  increase  in  wages  and 
incomes;  the  increase  or  curtailment  in  production  relative  to 
growth  of  population;  changes  in  the  proportion  of  the  pro¬ 
ceeds  of  industry  going  to  labor,  capital  and  consumer  respec¬ 
tively;  influence  of  increased  gold  output  on  these  changes; 
influence  of  the  tariff  and  other  trade  restrictions;  rent,  cost 
of  marketing  and  other  local  factors  in  the  cost  of  living. 
Establishment  of  municipal  markets,  control  of  rent  through 
taxation,  transit  provision,  etc.,  regulation  of  local  monopolies, 
organization  of  the  consumer  and  other  proposals  for  reducing 
the  cost  of  living.) 

Hon.  John  A.  Kingsbury, 

Commissioner  Department  of  Public  Charities, 

Foot  of  East  26th  St.,  New  York;  Madison  Square  7400. 

Walter  P.  Long, 

Lawyer, 

196  Sixth  Ave.,  Brooklyn;  Prospect  6360- W. 

E.  E.  Pratt,  Ph.D., 

Manager  Industrial  Development  Bureau 
of  Merchants’  Association, 

233  Broadway,  New  York;  Barclay  7660. 


3. — Women’s  Wages  in  New  York. 

(Industries  employing  women  and  the  scale  of  wages  paid; 
fluctuations  in  income  caused  by  unemployment  and  seasonal 
work.  Income  required  for  maintenance  of  a  decent  standard 
of  living.  Deficiencies  in  the  standard  of  living  caused  by 
low  wages:  undernourishment,  inadequate  clothing,  poor  lodging, 
lack  of  proper  recreation,  partial  dependence  on  relatives,  etc. 
Vocational  training,  enforced  payment  of  a  living  wage,  organi¬ 
zation  of  women  workers  into  protective  unions  and  other  pro¬ 
posals  for  bettering  the  wages  of  working  women.) 

Miss  Elizabeth  Dutcher, 

39  Pierrepont  St.,  Brooklyn;  Main  2394. 

Miss  Mary  Van  Kleeck, 

Secretary  Committee  on  Women’s  Work  of  Russell 

Sage  Foundation, 

130  East  22nd  St.,  New  York;  Gramercy  7060. 

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4.  — Unemployment  in  New  York. 

(The  causes  of  unemployment;  nature  and  extent  of  unem¬ 
ployment  in  New  York;  attempts  at  reduction;  effect  of  unem¬ 
ployment  on  the  standard  of  living;  provision  for  this  con¬ 
tingency  in  the  form  of  savings,  benefit  funds  of  labor  unions, 
etc.  Proposed  methods  of  dealing  with  the  problem:  better  dis¬ 
tribution  of  immigration;  establishment  of  state  labor  ex- 

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changes;  gradual  reorganization  of  industry  to  reduce  unem¬ 
ployment  due  to  seasonal  work;  establishment  of  public  w’orks, 
as  a  relief  measure;  vocational  guidance  of  boys  and  girls; 
state  unemployment  insurance;  provision  of  special  educa¬ 
tional  and  recreational  advantages  for  the  unemployed.) 

Henry  R.  Seager, 

«  Professor  of  Political  Economy, 

Columbia  University,  New  York;  Morningside  1400. 


5. — Provision  for  Sickness  in  New  York. 

(Nature  and  extent  of  illness  among  people  of  different  ages 
and  occupations,  and  its  pecuniary  demands.  Provision  for 
this  contingency  in  the  form  of  savings,  sick  benefits,  etc.;  con¬ 
tinued  payment  of  wages  to  sick  employees;  free  medical  and 
nursing  care  in  hospital  and  home;  relief  by  charitable  socie¬ 
ties.  Proposed  methods  of  systematizing  and  extending  this 
provision:  extension  of  social  service  wrork  in  hospitals;  greater 
provision  of  free  medical  care  by  the  state;  state  sickness  in¬ 
surance  in  co-operation  with  labor  unions,  mutual  benefit  socie¬ 
ties  and  private  insurance  companies.) 

I.  M.  Rubinow,  Ph.D., 

Chief  Statistician  Ocean  Accident  and  Guarantee  Corporation, 
59  John  St.,  New  York;  John  4130. 


6.— Compensation  for  Industrial  Accidents 

in  New  York. 

(Deaths  and  disabilities  due  to  industrial  accidents;  liability 
of  employers  for  damages  on  account  thereof,  under  present 
laws;  cost  and  delays  in  damage  suits;  damage  recoveries  in 
comparison  with  the  number  and  nature  of  accidents;  the 
voluntary  payment  of  indemnity  by  employers;  provision  in 
the  form  of  savings,  union  benefits,  insurance,  special  employ¬ 
ment,  charitable  relief,  etc. ;  discrepancies  between  the  income 
provided  in  these  ways  and  that  prior  to  accident;  the  result¬ 
ing  effect  on  the  standard  of  living.  Proposed  methods  of  deal¬ 
ing  with  the  problem:  elimination  of  preventable  accidents 
through  the  installation  of  safety  appliances,  improved  factory 
inspection,  etc.;  changing  the  application  of  certain  legal  doc¬ 
trines  relating  to  employers’  liability;  automatic  compensation 
for  accidents  by  employers,  under  government  supervision; 
compulsory  state  insurance.  Limitations  to  legislation  on  the 
subject  imposed  by  federal  and  state  constitutions.) 

Paul  Kennaday, 

780  Park  Ave.,  New  York;  Lenox  182. 

I.  M.  Rubinow,  Ph.D., 

Chief  Statistician  Ocean  Accident  and  Guarantee  Corporation, 

59  John  St.,  New  York;  John  4130. 

7. — Economic  Provision  for  Widowhood  in  New  York. 

(Effect  on  economic  status  of  family  of  death  of  father, 
mother  or  other  member  making  economic  contribution  to  family 
life.  Provision  for  this  contingency  in  the  form  of  savings, 
benefit  funds  of  unions  and  fraternal  organizations,  life  in¬ 
surance,  charitable  relief,  etc.;  the  care  of  orphaned  and  desti¬ 
tute  children  in  institutions  and  foster  homes;  of  other  depend¬ 
ents  in  homes  for  the  aged  and  infirm;  remarriage  of  the 
widowed  parent  as  an  adjustment.  Proposed  methods  of  im¬ 
proving  and  extending  this  provision:  pension  of  widowed 
mothers  by  state  or  philanthropy;  substitution  of  placing  out  for 

*  institutional  care  of  orphaned  children;  establishment  of  old 
age  pensions.) 

Richard  M.  Neustadt, 

Secretary  N.  Y.  State  Commission  on  Relief  for 

Widow’ed  Mothers, 

*  1476  Broadway,  New  York;  Bryant  7031. 

Thomas  J.  Riley,  Ph.D., 

General  Secretary  Brooklyn  Bureau  of  Charities, 

69  Schermerhorn  St.,  Brooklyn;  Main  6680. 

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8.  — Provision  for  Old  Age  in  New  York. 

(Support  of  the  aged  on  their  own  savings  or  property  in¬ 
come;  by  relatives;  in  institutions.  Burdens  of  support  by 
relatives;  institutional  care  and  its  defects.  Old  age  pensions 
and  their  feasibility  for  New  York.) 

Henry  R.  Seager, 

Professor  of  Political  Economy, 

Columbia  University,  New  York;  Morningside  1400. 

9.  — Hours  of  Labor  in  New  York. 

(Daily,  weekly  and  yearly  operative  periods  in  the  various 
industries;  length  of  working  day,  night  work  and  hour  irregu¬ 
larity  of  their  employes;  vacations  and  periods  of  unemploy¬ 
ment.  The  hour  fatigue  limit  of  the  different  kinds  of  labor; 
value  of  rest  periods  during  the  day,  week,  month  (for  women) 
and  year;  night  work  and  the  different  physiological  effect  to 
that  of  day  work;  special  dangers  thereof  to  women  and  chil¬ 
dren.  Measures  proposed  for  improving  hours  of  labor:  stan 
dardization  of  daily  and  weekly  operative  periods  of  discontinu¬ 
ous  and  seasonal  industries;  fixing  of  working-day  or  uninter¬ 
rupted-working-period  and  working-week  maximums;  prescrip¬ 
tion  of  daily,  weekly,  monthly  (for  women)  and  yearly  rest 
periods;  restriction  of  night  work  by  women  and  children.) 

Miss  Nelle  T.  Swartz, 

Executive  Secretary  N.  Y.  Consumers’  League, 

106  East  19th  St.,  New  York;  Gramercy  3859. 

10.— Protection  of  the  Worker’s  Life  and  Health 

in  New  York. 

(Standards  of  fire  protection,  heating,  ventilation  and  illumi¬ 
nation  in  factories  and  other  places  of  employment;  the  wash, 
toilet  and  rest  facilities  requisite;  standards  of  accident  pre¬ 
vention  as  fixed  by  the  moral  and  economic  demand  for  preven¬ 
tion  and  the  expense  of  applying  preventive  measures;  standards 
of  prevention  and  minimization  of  occupational  diseases.  Re¬ 
forms  required  in  labor  conditions  in  New  York  for  conforma¬ 
tion  to  these  standards.) 

Miss  Frances  Perkins, 

Executive  Secretary  Committee  on  Safety, 

30  East  42nd  St.,  New  York;  Murray  Hill  4302. 

George  M.  Price,  M.  D., 

Director  Joint  Board  of  Sanitary  Control, 

31  Union  Square,  West,  New  York;  Stuyvesant  4135. 


11.— Child  Labor  in  New  York. 

(Occupations  of  child  workers  in  New  York  and  the  moral 
and  physical  conditions  surrounding  them;  child  labor  and  com¬ 
pulsory  education  laws  and  their  enforcement;  scholarships 
and  other  provision  alleviative  of  the  economic  hardships  caused 
by  the  laws’  operation.  Further  protective  and  relief  meas¬ 
ures  proposed:  raise  in  minimum  of  education  required  before 
working  papers  can  be  secured;  prohibitive  and  restrictive  legis¬ 
lation  for  occupations  not  covered  by  existing  laws  and  eleva¬ 
tion  of  standards  in  those  now  regulated;  additional  scholar¬ 
ship  provision;  instruction  of  parents  in  the  educational  and 
physical  needs  of  the  child  in  their  relation  to  early  employ¬ 
ment.) 

George  A.  Hall, 

Secretary  N.  Y.  Child  Labor  Committee, 

106  East  19th  St..  New  York;  Gramercy  496. 

12. — Labor  Conflicts  in  New  York. 

(The  organization  of  capital  and  labor  in  New  York;  types 
of  organization  found;  trades  and  industries  that  are  un¬ 
organized.  Issues  between  capital  and  labor.  Methods  used 
by  labor  to  enforce  its  demands;  methods  employed  by  capital 
in  resisting  labor’s  demands.  The  formation  of  public  opinion 

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on  strike  issues;  attempts  on  the  part  of  the  state  and  of  citizens 
to  adjust  differences  between  strike  contestants;  the  experiment 
in  industrial  management  by  joint  boards  of  control.  Public 
policy  with  respect  to  strikes  of  state  and  municipal  employees. 
Better  organization  of  labor,  compulsory  arbitration  and  other 
proposed  measures  of  adjustment.) 

Julius  Henry  Cohen, 

Lawyer, 

111  Broadway,  New  York;  Rector  4800. 

Hon.  Henry  O.  Moskowitz,  Ph.D., 

President  Municipal  Civil  Service  Commission, 
Municipal  Building,  New  York;  Worth  1580. 


II.— Housing,  Congestion  and  Rents 

in  New  York. 


1.  — Housing  Standards  in  New  York. 

(Legal  standards  of  tenement  house  construction  and  sani¬ 
tation  in  New  York  in  relation  to  the  functional  demands  of 
home  life;  the  required  redefinition  of  standards.  Relation  of 
housing  conditions  to  transit,  taxation  and  city  planning.) 

Miss  Emily  Wayland  Dinwiddie, 

Supervisor  Dwelling  Houses  Trinity  Church  Corporation, 

187  Fulton  St.,  New  York;  Cortlandt  1756. 

James  Jenkins,  Jr., 

Superintendent  Department  of  Social  Betterment  of  Brooklyn 

Bureau  of  Charities, 

69  Schermerhorn  St.,  Brooklyn;  Main  6680. 


2. — Congestion  of  Population  in  New  York 

(Great  densities  of  population  in  New  York;  exigencies 
caused  thereby  in  the  matters  of  use  of  streets,  transit  provision, 
cleaning  and  repair  of  streets,  outdoor  breathing  spaces  and 
play  facilities,  police  protection  and  sanitary  control.  Proposed 
methods  of  relieving  and  preventing  congestion:  stimulation 
of  building  on  vacant  lots  and  in  outlying  sections  of  the 
city;  limitation  of  heights  of  buildings;  prevention  of  room  and 
apartment  overcrowding;  provision  of  additional  park  and  play¬ 
ground  space;  transit  development;  distribution  of  traffic  by 
means  of  the  building  zone.) 

Hon.  Raymond  V.  Ingersoll, 

Commissioner  Department  of  Parks,  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
Litchfield  Mansion,  Prospect  Park,  Brooklyn;  South  2300. 


3.  — Rents  in  New  York. 

(Rent  as  an  item  in  family  and  individual  budgets  and  as  an 
element  in  general  prices.  The  increase  of  rents  in  New  York 
and  factors  determining  the  rate  thereof.  Proposed  methods  of 
regulating  rents:  distribution  of  traffic;  transit  development;  in¬ 
crease  in  relative  rate  of  taxation  on  land  and  corresponding  de¬ 
crease  in  rate  on  buildings;  organization  of  rentpayers  into  pro¬ 
tective  associations.) 

Hon.  John  J.  Murphy, 

Commissioner  Tenement  House  Department, 

Municipal  Building,  New  York;  Worth  1526. 

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HI. — Health  Problems  In  New  York 


1. — Desease  Prevention  in  New  York. 

(Preventable  diseases  and  premature  deaths  in  New  York; 
the  suffering  and  economic  loss  caused  thereby.  Methods  of 
preventing  disease  and  conserving  physical  vitality:  prevention 
of  reproduction  by  the  unfit;  control  of  communicable  diseases; 
sanitary  inspection  of  foods,  drinks,  drugs,  clothing,  etc.;  im¬ 
provement  of  labor  and  housing  conditions;  care  of  the  sick  in 
hospital  and  home;  education  in  hygiene.  The  application  of 
these  measures  in  New  York.) 

D.  B.  Armstrong,  M.D., 

Superintendent  Bureau  of  Public  Health  and  Hygiene  of  N.  Y. 

Association  for '  Improving  the  Condition  of  the  Poor, 

105  East  22nd  St.,  New  York;  Gramercy  7040. 

E.  H.  Lewinski-Corwin,  Ph.D., 

Executive  Secretary  Public  Health,  Hospital  and  Budget  Com¬ 
mittee  of  New  York  Academy  of  Medicine. 

17  West  43rd  St.,  New  York;  Bryant  974. 


2.— The  Application  of  Eugenics  in  New  York. 

(The  established  facts  of  mental  and  physical  heredity;  the 
results  of  hereditary  transmission  in  disease,  degeneracy  and 
crime.  Eugenic  measures  applied  in  New  York  State:  custodial 
care  of  feeble-minded  women  during  the  child-bearing  period; 
sterilization  of  certain  classes  of  criminals.  Additional  meas¬ 
ures  proposed:  medical  examination  of  applicants  for  marriage 
licenses;  prohibition  of  marriage  of  deaf-mute  couples;  special 
protection  of  working  women;  enforced  segregation  of  all 
feeble-minded  adults  during  the  procreative  period.) 

Thomas  J.  Riley,  Ph.D., 

General  Secretary  Brooklyn  Bureau  of  Charities, 

69  Schermerhorn  St.,  Brooklyn;  Main  6680. 

William  J.  Robinson,  M.D., 

12  Mt.  Morris  Park,  West.  New  York;  Harlem  1548. 


3.— Communicable  Disease  in  New  York. 

(Methods  of  controlling  communicable  diseases  and  their  ap¬ 
plication  in  New  York.  The  campaigns  against  infant  paralysis, 
spinal  meningitis,  tuberculosis  and  venereal  diseases.  The  safe¬ 
guarding  of  water,  milk  and  food  supplies.  Further  protec¬ 
tive  measures  needed.) 

S.  Adolphus  Knopf,  M.D., 

16  West  95th  St.,  New  York;  Riverside  5321. 


4. — Inspection  of  Foods,  Drinks  and  Drugs 

in  New  York. 

(Filth  and  adulteration  in  manufacture  and  handling  of  food 
and  other  articles  of  consumption  in  factories,  markets,  slaughter 
houses,  etc.;  in  preparation  in  restaurant,  pharmacy  and  other 
retail  establishments.  Extensions  in  federal,  state  and  city 
inspection  services  necessary  for  protection  against  these  dan¬ 
gers.) 

Alfred  W.  McCann, 

The  Globe,  New  York;  Cortlandt  8000. 

Paul  E.  Taylor, 

Secretary  N.  Y.  Milk  Committee, 

105  East  22nd  St.,  New  York;  Gramercy  5070. 

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5. — Care  of  the  Sick  in  New  York. 


(Fields  occupied  by  private  medical,  pay  and  free  hospital  and 
district  medical  care.  Additional  hospital  facilities  and  district 
medical  service  needed.  Hospital  and  dispensary  administration: 
aims,  methods,  tendencies  and  social  signficance.  Efficiency  of 
present  health  service  in  preventing  disease.) 

Hon.  S.  S.  Goldwater,  M.D., 

Commissioner  Department  of  Health, 

Centre  and  Walker  Sts.,  New  York;  Franklin  6280. 


6.  — Education  in  Hygiene  in  New  York. 

(Laws  of  hygiene  and  effect  of  their  violation  on  health  and 
efficiency;  the  disregard  of  hygienic  laws  due  to  ignorance  and 
indifference.  Means  of  teaching  hygiene  in  the  school;  in  con¬ 
junction  with  medical  and  nursing  care  of  the  sick;  in  exten¬ 
sion  classes  for  adults;  through  press,  lecture  and  exhibit. 
The  use  of  these  media  in  New  York.) 

Edward  F.  Brown, 

Superintendent  Bureau  of  Welfare  of  School  Children  of  N.  Y. 

Association  for  Improving  the  Condition  of  the  Poor, 

105  East  22nd  St.,  New  York;  Gramercy  7040. 

7.  — Preventive  Medicine  in  New  York. 

(The  value  of  periodical  physical  examinations,  of  expert  ad¬ 
vice  in  matters  of  hygiene  and  of  prompt  medical  care  in  illness. 
The  system  of  charging  for  medical  services  in  New  York,  and 
elsewhere,  and  its  discouragement  of  preventive  work  of  this 
character.  Need  of  shifting  the  emphasis  in  health  work  from 
the  treatment  to  the  prevention  of  disease.  Possible  methods  of 
effecting  such  reorganization:  provision  of  medical  care  through 
mutual  benefit  societies;  state  sickness  insurance  with  medical 
care  as  a  benefit;  evolution  in  present  free  hospital,  district 
medical  and  public  health  service.) 

Ira  S.  Wile,  M.D., 

230  West  97th  St.,  New  York;  Riverside  1298. 


IV. — Public  and  Private  Education 

in  New  York. 


1. — Pedagogical  Methods  in  the  Public  Schools  of 

New  York. 

(Mental  qualities  which  education  is  designed  to  develop — 
power  of  concentration,  analytical  ability,  resourcefulness  in 
action,  etc.  Essential  methods  of  developing  these  qualities: 
solution  of  difficult  examples  and  questions;  use  of  the  imagina¬ 
tion  in  narration,  etc.;  performance  of  assigned  tasks  in  pre¬ 
scribed  periods  of  time;  training  of  memory;  manual  and  physi¬ 
cal  training.  Methods  in  New  York  schools  as  judged  by  these 
criteria;  limitations  imposed  by  over-sized  and  part-time  classes, 
the  curriculum  and  the  system  of  grading.  The  qualifications  re¬ 
quired  of  teachers.) 

Stephen  P.  Duggan, 

Professor  of  Education, 

College  of  the  City  of  New  York,  New  York;  Audubon  1280. 

Paul  Klapper, 

Instructor  in  Education, 

College  of  the  City  of  New  York,  New  York;  Audubon  1280. 

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2. — Character  Training  in  New  York. 

(Moral  qualities  required  for  upright  living  in  the  modern 
city;  moral  training  in  home,  school,  church,  club  and  recrea¬ 
tion;  opportunities  in  administration  of  school  and  class;  ethical 
values  in  literature,  history,  geography  and  other  studies;  the 
problem  of  direct  and  systematic  moral  instruction.) 

Henry  Neumann,  Ph.D., 

Leader  Brooklyn  Society  for  Ethical  Culture, 

304  Marlborough  Road,  Brooklyn;  Flatbush  830. 

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3. — Vocational  Guidance  and  Training  for  New  York. 

(The  demands  of  industry  for  trained  workers;  the  need  of  * 
vocational  guidance  based  on  study  of  pupils’  capacities  and 
knowledge  of  occupational  opportunities;  essentials  of  a  system 
of  training  calculated  to  meet  these  needs  and  its  correlation  with 
the  general  educational  system.  Feasibility  of  continuation  voca¬ 
tional  training  for  workers  in  the  trades;  of  instruction  of  un¬ 
trained  mothers  and  housewives  in  the  elements  of  hygiene  and 
domestic  science.) 

Prof.  Frederick  G.  Bonser, 

President  Vocational  Guidance  Association, 

Teachers’  College,  New  York;  Morningside  4585. 


4. — Private  Elementary  Schools  in  New  York. 

(Place  of  pay,  charitable  and  religious  schools  in  the  elemen¬ 
tary  educational  system  of  New  York.  Comparison  of  these 
schools  with  the  public  school  in  curricula,  qualifications  of 
teachers,  pedagogical  methods,  medical  inspection,  attention  to 
abnormal  children  and  general  educational  results;  social  and 
civic  aspects  of  the  religious  instruction  offered.  Supervision  by 
city  and  state  departments  of  education.) 

Stephen  P.  Duggan, 

Professor  of  Education, 

College  of  the  City  of  New  York,  New  York;  Audubon  1280. 


V.— The 


Leisure  Time  Problem  in 
New  York. 


1.  — Leisure  Time  Activities  in  New  York. 

(Relation  of  labor  and  housing  conditions  to  recreational 
needs.  The  moral  and  political  effects  of  leisure  time  expendi¬ 
ture.  Classification  of  leisure  time  activities  in  New  York  under 
the  heads  of  mental  and  physical  improvement,  social  inter¬ 
course,  innocent  and  recreative  pleasures,  destructive  amuse¬ 
ments  and  pastimes  and  productive  activities.  Means  of  im¬ 
proving  leisure  time  activities:  better  educational  opportunities 
for  wage-earners;  provision  of  good  music  and  drama  at  mod¬ 
erate  prices;  provision  of  substitutes  for  the  saloon;  increase 
of  outdoor  play  facilities;  wider  use  of  the  school  plant  for 
recreational  purposes;  official  supervision  of  commercial 
amusements.) 

J.  C.  Boyers, 

Executive  Secretary  Recreation  Alliance, 

9206  Metropolitan  Building,  New  York;  Gramercy  2041. 

Rev.  Gaylord  S.  White, 

Headworker  Union  Settlement  and  Lecturer  N.  Y.  School  of 

Philanthropy, 

237  East  104th  St.,  New  York;  Harlem  1691. 

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2*— The  New  York  Wage-Earner’s  Opportunities  for 

Self  “Improvement. 

(Leisure  time  at  the  wage-earner’s  disposal  and  proportion 
thereof  which  could  be  spent  in  study  and  physical  training; 

night  schools,  study  clubs,  lecture  courses,  libraries,  gymnasiums 
and  other  facilities  for  such  improvement.  Need  for  extensions 
in  facilities,  especially  of  trade  and  technical  classes  and  gym¬ 
nasiums,  and  for  better  adaptation  of  library  service.  Ways 
of  stimulating  greater  interest  among  wage-earners  in  opportu¬ 
nities  for  self-improvement.) 

Albert  Shiels, 

Director  Division  of  Reference  and  Research, 
Department  of  Education, 

500  Park  Ave.,  New  York;  Plaza  5580. 


3.  — Social  Intercourse  in  New  York. 

(Home  life  as  a  mode  of  social  intercourse  in  the  modern 
city;  effect  thereon  of  larger  social  groups,  urban  amusements 
and  pastimes,  housing  and  labor  conditions,  etc.  Social  inter¬ 
course  in  clubs,  saloons,  dance-halls,  parks  and  streets,  churches, 
etc.  Ways  of  strengthening  home  life:  payment  of  a  living  wage 
to  all  classes  of  industrial  workers,  thus  permitting  early  mar¬ 
riage  and  the  maintenance  of  a  decent  standard  of  living;  re¬ 
definition  of  housing  standards  to  meet  the  functional  demands 
of  the  home;  adjustment  of  tangled  domestic  relations  without 
recourse  to  divorce;  more  intelligent  discussion  of  family  prob¬ 
lems.  Improvements  needed  in  other  forms  of  intercourse:  pro¬ 
vision  of  substitutes  for  the  saloon;  official  supervision  of  dance- 
halls;  extension  of  social  activities  of  church,  school  and  philan¬ 
thropic  agency.) 

Clinton  S.  Childs, 

Secretary  N.  Y.  Social  Center  Committee, 

311  Madison  Ave.,,  New  York;  Murray  Hill  1925. 


4. — Outdoor  Recreation  in  New  York. 

(Opportunities  for  outdoor  recreation  in  parks,  playgrounds 
and  streets;  in  games  and  other  events  to  which  admission  is 
charged;  discrepancy  between  present  and  needed  provision. 
Possibilities  in  utilization  of  vacant  lots,  use  of  school  yards  out¬ 
side  of  school  hours,  use  of  private  grounds  through  arrange¬ 
ment  with  the  owners,  close  of  streets  to  traffic  to  provide  play 
space,  more  intensive  use  of  present  parks  and  playgrounds,  etc. 
Cost  and  feasibility  of  providing  the  additional  parks  and  play¬ 
grounds  needed  in  built-up  sections  of  the  city.  Importance  of 
reserving  park  and  play  space  in  outlying  sections.) 

Seymour  Barnard, 

Secretary  Brooklyn  Committee  of  Parks  and  Playgrounds 

Association, 

176  Nassau  St.,  Brooklyn;  Main  3621. 


5. — Commercial  Amusements  in  New  York. 

(Classes  of  commercial  amusements  in  New  York.  Features 
therein  injurious  to  health  and  morals;  the  promotion  of  sale 
of  liquor  and  traffic  in  vice  in  connection  with  legitimate  recrea¬ 
tional  activities.  Prohibitive  and  restrictive  legislation  and  offi¬ 
cial  supervision  necessary  to  the  elimination  of  objectionable  feat¬ 
ures.  This  need  with  respect  to  saloons,  motion-picture  shows, 
dance-halls,  amusement  parks  and  pool  rooms.  Possibilities  in 
elevating  the  standards  of  commercial  amusements  through 
recreational  provision  by  the  municipality.) 

Mrs.  Charles  H.  Israels, 

Chairman  Committee  on  Amusement  Resources  of  Working  Girls, 
311  Madison  Ave.,  New  York;  Murray  Hill  1925. 

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VI. — Reformation  and  Correction  in 

New  York. 


1.— Causes  of  Crime  and  Vice  in  New  York. 

(Causes  of  crime  and  vice,  as  exhibited  in  New  York:  crimi¬ 
nal  and  degenerate  heredity;  remediable  physical  and  mental  de¬ 
fects  inducing  vicious  or  criminal  tendencies;  housing  con¬ 
ditions  denying  family  and  individual  privacy;  labor  conditions 
lowering  physical  and  moral  vitality;  poor  recreational  pro¬ 
vision;  excessive  consumption  of  spiritous  liquors;  defective 
home  and  school  training;  unscientific  treatment  of  juvenile  de¬ 
linquency  and  minor  offenses  against  the  law;  uncertainty  and 
delay  in  apprehension  and  punishment  of  criminals;  innate  anti¬ 
social  qualities — dishonesty,  jealousy,  cruelty,  violence  of  temper, 
lust,  etc.  Outline  of  a  program  for  the  progressive  elimination 
of  these  causes.) 

Maurice  Parmelee, 

Assistant  Professor  of  Political  Science, 

College  of  the  City  of  New  York,  New  York;  Audubon  1280. 


2. — The  Liquor  Problem  in  New  York. 

(The  consumption  of  spiritous  liquors  in  New  York  and  its 
social  and  economic  results;  relation  of  excessive  consumption 
to  the  fatigue  of  overwork,  unattractive  home  surroundings,  social 
features  of  the  saloon,  etc.  Proposed  methods  of  improvement: 
excise  reforms,  substitution  of  light  for  the  stronger  beverages; 
prohibition  of  sale  of  liquor  at  places  of  amusement;  treatment 
of  inebriety.  Necessity  of  home  rule  for  enlightened  regula¬ 
tion.) 


Frederic  C.  Howe,  Ph.D., 

Director  People’s  Institute, 

50  Madison  Ave.,  New  York;  Madison  Square  8170. 


3,  — Vagrancy  and  Mendicancy  in  New  York 

(Extent  of  vagrancy  and  mendicancy  in  New  York.  Present 
methods  of  dealing  with  the  evil;  the  small  percentage  of 
offenders  apprehended  and  tried;  futility  of  short  workhouse 
sentences.  Forced  employment  in  the  industrial  colony  as  a 
method  of  reclamation;  projected  establishment  of  an  institu¬ 
tion  of  this  nature  in  New  York  State.  The  need  of  occupational 
provision  for  cripples  now  supported  by  alms;  economy  of  draft¬ 
ing  this  class  into  the  street  trades.) 

John  D.  Godfrey, 

Mendicancy  Officer  Courts  Committee  of  Brooklyn  Bureau  of 

Charities, 

69  Schermerhorn  St.,  Brooklyn;  Main  6680. 

Ben  L.  Reitman,  M.D., 

Business  Manager  Mother  Earth  Publishing  Association, 

74  West  119th  St.,  New  York;  Harlem  6194. 

4. — The  Social  Evil  in  New  York. 

(Extent  of  the  social  evil  in  New  York.  The  system  of  deal¬ 
ing  with  the  evil;  laws  against  disorderly  houses,  soliciting  on 
streets  and  procuration,  and  their  enforcement;  punishment  of 
convicted  prostitutes  in  reformatory  and  workhouse.  Proposed 
reforms  in  the  system:  changes  in  excise  laws;  better  enforce¬ 
ment  of  laws  against  prostitution  and  procuration;  more  effective 
methods  of  reformation  and  punishment  of  convicted  prosti¬ 
tutes;  publication  of  names  of  owners  of  houses  used  for  dis¬ 
orderly  purposes.  The  more  fundamental  changes  proposed: 

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payment  of  a  living  wage  to  all  industrial  workers;  elevation  of 
the  standards  of  commercial  amusements;  establishment  of  a  sin¬ 
gle  standard  of  virtue  for  men  and  women;  general  education  in 
sex  hygiene;  sanitary  control  of  venereal  diseases.) 

Frederick  H.  Whitin, 

General  Secretarv  Committee  of  Fourteen. 

27  East  22nd  St.,  New  York;  Gramercy  5489. 


*  5. — Reformation  and' Correction  in  New  York. 

(Penalties  prescribed  for  the  various  classes  of  offenses  against 
*the  law;  fines  and  short  sentences  as  correctives  to  minor 
offenses;  probation  and  the  indeterminate  sentence  as  methods 
dealing  with  juvenile  delinquency  and  first  offenses;  reforma¬ 
tive  possibilities  in  the  case  of  hardened  offenders;  divergent 
theories  as  to  the  justice  and  humanity  of  capital  punishment; 
value  of  psychiatrists’  examinations  for  discovery  of  mental 
defects.  Moral  and  sanitary  conditions  in  the  prisons  of 
city  and  state;  disciplinary  and  educational  systems  in  peni¬ 
tentiaries  and  reformatories.  Effect  of  incarceration  on  the 
prisoner’s  family;  problem  of  the  discharged  prisoner.) 

E.  Stagg  Whitin,  Ph.D., 

Secretary  N.  Y.  State  Commission  on  Prison  Reform, 
Columbia  University,  New  York;  Morningside  1400. 


6. — Criminal  Procedure  in  New  York. 

(The  system  of  criminal  courts;  powers  of  judge  and  jury; 
summons  and  arrest  of  those  charged  with  crime.  Disadvantages 
at  which  poor  unable  to  employ  counsel  are  placed.  The  evil 
of  appeal  on  technicalities.  Proposed  grant  of  right  of  appeal  to 
the  state;  proposed  central  registration  of  criminal  cases,  includ¬ 
ing  use  of  finger-print  identifications;  proposed  requirement  that 
defendant  testify  as  to  his  guilt.) 

William  C.  McKee, 

Secretary  Courts  Committee  of  Brooklyn  Bureau  of  Charities, 
69  Schermerhorn  St.,  Brooklyn;  Main  6680. 


VII. — Philanthropy  and  the  Social 
Problem  in  New  York. 


1.— The  Relief  of  Destitution  in  New  York. 

(Causes  of  destitution;  provision  against  destitution  in  the 
form  of  savings,  insurance,  etc.  Relief  of  destitution  in  New 
York:  the  ‘invisible  relief  fund*  of  relatives  and  friends;  aid  by 
private  relief  societies  and  institutions;  out-door  and  institu¬ 
tional  relief  by  the  government.  Classes  of  relief  agencies  and 
nature  of  their  service;  character  of  the  relief  furnished  with 
respect  to  certainty  of  support,  uniformity  of  rates  and  adequacy 
for  normal  standards  of  living.  Possibilities  in  family  rehabili¬ 
tation  through  service  and  relief.  Widows’  pensions,  social 
insurance,  state  subsidy  of  private  relief  societies  and  other  pro¬ 
posals  for  the  greater  prevention  and  better  relief  of  destitu¬ 
tion.) 

Miss  Margaret  F.  Byington, 

Superintendent  Department  of  Service  and  Relief  of 
*  Brooklyn  Bureau  of  Charities, 

69  Schermerhorn  St.,  Brooklyn;  Main  6680. 

.*  William  H.  Matthews, 

Director  Department  of  Family  Welfare  of  N.  Y.  Association 
for  Improving  the  Condition  of  the  Poor, 

%  105  East  22nd  St.,  New  York;  Gramercy  7040. 

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2.— Care  of  Dependent  Children  in  New  York. 

(Causes  of  child  dependency.  Care  of  dependent  children  in 
institutions  and  foster  homes.  Cottage  and  congregate  plans  of 
institutions  and  comparative  efficiency  of  the  two  types.  Methods 
of  placing  and  supervising  dependent  children  in  foster 
homes.  Superiority  of  this  type  of  care  over  institutional  care. 
Feasibility  of  substituting  placing  out  and  widows’  pensions  for 
part  of  the  present  institutional  care.  Needed  improvements  ir> 
institutional  care.) 

Miss  Mary  Vida  Clark, 

Assistant  Secretary  State  Charities  Aid  Association,  * 

105  East  22nd  St.,  New  York;  Gramercy  1454. 

Hastings  H.  Hart,  LL.D.,  r 

Director  Department  of  Child  Helping  of  Russell  Sage  Foundation^ 
130  East  22nd  St.,  New  York;  Gramercy  7'060. 


3.— Care  and  Training  of  the  Handicapped  in 

New  York. 

(Number  of  blind,  deaf-mute,  crippled  and  mentally  defective 
in  New  York;  ways  in  which  these  classes  are  supported;  pro¬ 
portion  capable,  with  suitable  employment,  of  entire  or  partial 
self-support.  Methods  of  providing  such  employment;  feasi¬ 
bility  of  municipal  workshops  for  those  barred  from  the  regular 
vocations;  the  special  training  necessary.  Preventability  and 
curability  of  defects  causing  handicap  and  preventive  and  cura¬ 
tive  treatment  at  present  afforded.) 

Miss  Elizabeth  E.  Farrell, 

Inspector  Ungraded  Classes  Department  of  Education, 

500  Park  Ave.,  New  York;  Plaza  5580. 


4. — Care  and  Prevention  of  Insanity  and  Feeble- 

Mindedness  in  New  York. 

(Hereditary  and  environmental  causes  of  insanity  and  feeble¬ 
mindedness;  preventability  and  curability  of  these  ills.  Neces¬ 
sity  for  institutional  care  of  the  insane  and  feeble-minded.  In¬ 
stitutional  care  of  these  classes  in  New  York:  capacities  of  in¬ 
stitutions  compared  with  the  need  for  accommodations;  humani¬ 
tarian  aspect  of  care  given;  medical  treatment  and  its  efficacy  in 
realizing  curative  possibilities;  employment  of  those  capable  of 
productive  labor.  Methods  of  preventing  insanity  and  feeble¬ 
mindedness  and  application  thereof  in  New  York;  need  of  custo¬ 
dial  care  of  feeble-minded  adults  during  the  procreative  period; 
sanitary  control  of  syphillis;  requirement  of  health  certificates 
from  applicants  for  marriage  licenses,  etc.) 

Max  G.  Schlapp,  M.D., 

Director  Clearing  House  for  Mental  Defectives  of  Department  of 

Public  Charities, 

Foot  of  East  26th  St.,  New  York;  Madison  Square  7400. 

Everett  S.  Elwood, 

Executive  Secretary  Committee  on  Mental  Hygiene  ot  State 

Charities  Aid  Association, 

105  East  22nd  St.,  New  York;  Gramercy  1454. 

5.  — Philanthropy  and  Social  Reform  in  New  York. 

(Undemocratic  and  inhumane  social,  industrial  and  political 
•conditions  in  New  York;  the  effort  necessary  to  the  correction 
of  these  conditions,  and  comparison  thereof  with  social  work 
at  the  present  time.  Influences  determining  the  nature  and 
scope  of  philanthropic  and  reform  activity.  Needed  reorganiza¬ 
tion  of  social  work  and  methods  of  effecting  it.  Social  policy 
with  respect  to  philanthropic  foundations  and  endowments.) 

S.  Eldridge, 

Secretary  Department  of  Social  Betterment  of  Brooklyn  Bureau 

of  Charities, 

69  Schermerhorn  St.,  Brooklyn;  Main  6680. 

James  P.  Heaton, 

Editorial  Staff  of  The  Survey, 

105  East  ,22nd  St.,  New  York;  Gramercy  4066. 

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6. — Supervision  of  Charitable  Institutions  in 

New  York. 

(Classes  of  institutions  and  nature  of  service  rendered;  fac¬ 
tors  promoting  efficiency  and  economy  of  administration;  fraudu¬ 
lent  and  inefficient  charities  and  their  suppression  or  improve¬ 
ment;  jurisdictions  of  the  State  Board  of  Charities  and  other 
official  bodies  and  needed  extensions  therein;  ways  of  making 
Contributors,  beneficiaries  and  boards  of  managers  more  efficient 
fjactors  in  charitable  administration.) 

i  Karl  de  Schweinitz, 

Secretary  Bureau  of  Advice  and  Information  of  Charity  Organ¬ 
ization  Society, 

▼  105  East  22nd  St.,  New  York;  Gramercy  4066. 

Hon.  Robert  W.  Hebberd, 

Secretary  State  Board  of  Charities, 

287  Fourth  Ave.,  New  York;  Gramercy  5957. 


VIII. — City  Planning  in  New  York. 


1.— Need  of  City  Planning  in  New  York. 

(The  meaning  and  scope  of  city  planning;  layout  and  im¬ 
provement  of  streets,  parks  and  playgrounds;  regulation  of  loca¬ 
tion  and  design  of  buildings  and  structures  of  the  several 
classes;  improvement  of  rivers  and  harbors;  design  of  transpor¬ 
tation,  water  supply,  waste  disposal  and  other  utilities  systems. 
The  economic  and  aesthetic  advantages  of  city  planning.  Begin¬ 
nings  in  city  planning  in  New  York;  program  for  the  co-ordina¬ 
tion  and  extension  of  these  activities.  Ways  of  promoting  city 
planning.) 

George  B.  Ford, 

City  Planning  Expert, 

101  Park  Ave.,  New  York;  Murray  Hill  5731. 


2. — The  Street  System  of  New  York. 

(The  development  of  a  city  and  its  streets  from  village  to 
metropolis.  Considerations  which  should  govern  the  develop¬ 
ment  of  a  street  system.  The  cost  of  correcting  mistakes. 
Street  plans  of  some  European  capitals  and  how  they  were 
evolved.  Some  of  New  York’s  mistakes,  and  what  is  being 
done  to  correct  them  and  to  avoid  similar  blunders  in  the  future. 
The  need  of  providing  open  spaces  in  developing  a  street  plan. 
The  relative  cost  of  a  good  and  a  poor  plan,  and  the  manner  irk 
which  the  execution  of  a  plan  can  be  financed.) 

E.  P.  Goodrich, 

Consulting  Engineer, 

35  Nassau  St.,  New  York;  Cortlandt  6587. 

Nelson  P.  Lewis, 

Chief  Engineer  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment, 

277  Broadway,  New  York;  Worth  2281. 

3.— The  Distribution  of  Traffic  in  New  York. 

(Nature  and  volume  of  traffic  in  New  York;  relation  thereto 
of  location  of  dwellings,  factories,  stores,  terminals,  etc.  Possi¬ 
bilities  in  reducing  the  volume  of  traffic  by  changes  in  relative- 
positions  of  the  several  classes  of  buildings.  Measures  proposed 
for  realization  of  these  possibilities:  adoption  of  the  building 
zone;  construction  of  an  efficient  terminal  system;  required 
changes  in  the  transit  system.) 

Edward  M.  Bassett, 

Lawyer 

277  Broadway,  New  York;  Worth  3530. 

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4. — The  Public  Utilities  of  New  York. 


(Service  of  transportation,  gas,  electric  lighting  and  telephone 
companies  and  its  vital  relation  to  community  welfare.  Regula¬ 
tion  of  these  concerns  in  New  York  by  city  and  state  govern¬ 
ments;  regulation  of  capitalization;  protection  of  minority  stock¬ 
holders;  control  of  rates  and  service;  promotion  of  extensions 
and  improvements.  Constructive  features  of  New  York  fran- r 
chise  policies.  Arguments  for  and  against  municipal  ownership 

and  operation  of  public  utilities.)  « 

« 

Delos  F.  Wilcox,  Ph.D., 

Franchise  and  Public  Utility  Expert, 

93  Nassau  St.,  New  York;  Cortlandt  8120.  V 

5. — The  Beautification  of  New  York. 

(The  artistic  quality  of  public  and  private  architecture  in 
New  York;  the  scenic  character  of  parks  and  driveways;  signs, 
billboards  and  rubbish  along  streets  and  highways.  Feasibility 
of  a  municipal  department  or  bureau  to  regulate  the  exterior  de¬ 
sign  of  buildings  in  the  interest  of  architectural  beauty,  and  to 
exercise  control  in  other  aesthetic  matters  of  public  interest.) 

Carl  F.  Pilat, 

Landscape  Architect  Department  of  Parks, 

The  Arsenal,  Central  Park,  New  York;  Plaza  7300. 


IX. — Social  Forces  in  New  York. 


1.— The  Formation  of  Public  Opinion  in  New  York. 

(The  organs  of  public  opinion  in  New  York.  Character  of 
the  daily  newspaper  with  respect  to  accuracy  of  news,  propor¬ 
tion  between  the  various  subjects  of  interest  and  editorial  inter¬ 
pretation.  National  character  of  the  periodical  press  and  conse¬ 
quent  inadequacy  of  its  discussion  of  local  issues;  limited  audi¬ 
ence  of  pulpit  and  platform  and  difficulty  of  organizing  them 
for  effective  discussion.  Fragmentary  nature  and  inferior  quality 
of  book  and  pamphlet  literature  on  New  York  life.  Ways  of  im¬ 
proving  and  re-enforcing  the  formation  of  public  opinion.) 

Will  Irwin, 

16  Gramercy  Park,  New  York;  Gramercy  6116. 


2. — The  Social  Work  of  New  York  Churches. 

(The  moral  and  religious  aspects  of  modern  social  problems; 
practical  opportunities  for  improvement  therein  by  the  church; 
advantage  now  taken  of  these  opportunities;  ways  of  promoting 
greater  activity  in  social  service  on  the  part  of  church  and 
synagogue.) 

Rev.  Orrin  G.  Cocks, 

Secretary  Laity  League, 

200  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York;  Gramercy  1552. 

3.  — Neighborhood  Organization  in  New  York. 

(Social  functions  of  the  city  neighborhood;  concrete  needs  of 
typical  New  York  neighborhoods;  beginnings  in  neighborhood 
organization  in  New  York;  schemes  of  complete  neighborhood 
organization  and  the  lines  of  activity  contemplated  therein.) 

Howard  Bradstreet, 

President  Neighborhood  Workers’  Association, 

216  Madison  St.,  New  York;  Orchard  4507. 

Mrs.  V.  G.  Simkhovitch, 

Director  Greenwich  House, 

26  Jones  St.,  New  York;  Spring  5809. 

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4. — Immigration  Problems  in  New  York. 

(The  federal  government’s  control  of  immigration;  responsi¬ 
bility  of  state  and  city  for  the  welfare  of  alien  residents;  neces¬ 
sity  of  protection  against  exploitation  by  the  unscrupulous;  of 
distribution  where  labor  is  needed;  of  instruction  in  language, 
customs  and  laws  and  of  other  assimilative  processes.  Exten¬ 
sions  necessary  in  work  of  public  and  private  agency  to  meet 
'^these  needs.) 

John  Foster  Carr. 

1  Director  Immigrant  Education  Society, 

1  241  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York;  Madison  Square  6866. 

m  Warren  C.  Eberle, 

^General  Secretary  New  York-New  Jersey  Committee  of  North 
American  Civic  League  for  Immigrants, 

95  Madison  Ave.,  New  York;  Madison  Square  8310. 


X. — Politics  and  Government  in 

New  York. 


1. — The  Constitutional  Law  of  New  York  State. 

(Relation  of  the  constitution  to  the  political,  social  and  in¬ 
dustrial  institutions  of  the  state.  Constitutional  definition  of  per¬ 
sonal  rights;  judicial  interpretation  of  the  provision  relative  to 
non-deprivation  of  property  without  due  process  of  law;  consti¬ 
tutional  qualifications  of  voters;  powers  of  the  legislature;  con¬ 
stitutional  requirements  as  to  the  state  administrative  system;  con¬ 
stitutional  organization  of  state  courts;  interpretative  powers  of 
the  Court  of  Appeals;  the  legislature’s  power  over  counties  and 
cities;  the  absence  of  constitutional  provision  regarding  party 
administration.  Important  proposals  for  amendment.  Methods 
of  amendment;  date  of  the  next  constitutional  convention.) 

Robert  S.  Binkerd, 

Secretary  City  Club  of  New  York, 

55  West  44th  St.,  New  York;  Bryant  1816. 

Gilbert  E.  Roe, 

Lawyer, 

55  Liberty  St.,  New  York;  Cortlandt  6974. 

2.  — Law  Making  Methods  of  New  York  State. 

(Constitutional  powers  of  the  state  legislature;  veto  powers  of 
Governor  and  mayors  of  cities;  legislative  procedure.  Proposals 
for  improving  law-making  methods:  changes  in  legislative  pro¬ 
cedure  requiring  greater  deliberation  and  fuller  record  of  action 
of  individual  members;  delegation  of  administrative  functions  to 
administrative  boards;  better  organization  of  work  of  legislative 
committees;  better  methods  of  investigation  of  bills;  publicity; 
fuller  constitutional  provision  on  subjects  within  the  legisla¬ 
ture’s  scope;  grant  of  autonomy  to  counties  and  cities  in  mat¬ 
ters  of  local  concern;  adoption  of  the  initiative  and  referendum.) 

J.  O.  Hammitt, 

1302  Pacific  St.,  Brooklyn;  Bedford  3263-W. 

Lester  F.  Scott, 

Secretary  People’s  Institute, 

50  Madison  Ave.,  New  York;  Madison  Square  8170. 


3.— Administrative  System  of  New  York  State. 

(Administrative  functions  of  the  state  government;  commis¬ 
sions,  boards,  departments  and  officers  charged  with  these  func¬ 
tions  and  the  co-ordination  of  their  activities;  the  correlation  of 
state  with  county  and  city  administrations.  The  election,  ap¬ 
pointment  and  removal  of  administrative  officers;  the  selection 
^  and  discharge  of  state  employes.  Proposals  for  improvement  of 
the  state  administration:  reduction  of  the  number  of  elective  offi- 

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cers ,  changes  in  methods  of  nominating,  electing  and  removing 
these  officers;  unification  of  the  appointing  and  corresponding 
removing  power;  wider  application  of  the  merit  system  in  the 
selection  of  employes;  establishment  of  a  bureau  of  state  re¬ 
search;  readjustment  of  relations  between  state  and  local  gov¬ 
ernments.) 


H.  S.  Gilbertson, 

Executive  Secretary  National  Short  Ballot  Organization, 
381  Fourth  Ave.,  New  York;  Mad.  Sq.  8083. 


4.  — Selection  and  Removal  of  Public  Officials  in 

New  York. 

(Number  and  classes  of  elective  officials;  the  system  of  pri¬ 
maries,  conventions  and  elections;  ballot  forms;  procedure  in 
trial  and  removal  for  malfeasance  in  office.  Proposed  reforms 
of  the  system;  improvement  and  extension  of  the  primary  law; 
reduction  of  number  of  elective  officials;  adoption  of  the  Massa¬ 
chusetts  Ballot;  adoption  of  the  recall  for  elective  officers.) 

Hon.  Edward  T.  O’Loughlin, 

Register  of  Kings  County, 

Hall  of  Records,  Brooklyn;  Main  2830. 


5.— Charter  Revision  in  New  York. 

(Relations  between  state  and  city  governments;  power  of  the 
legislature  to  grant  and  amend  charters  and  to  pass  other  legis¬ 
lation  affecting  the  city;  the  undemocratic  nature  of  this  power. 
Home  rule  and  other  proposed  charter  reforms.  The  promotion 
of  charter  revision  by  legislative  commissions,  political  parties, 
municipal  officials,  civic  organizations,  etc.  The  lack  of  continuity 
in  charter  study  and  revision.) 

Robert  S.  Binkerd, 

Secretary  City  Club  of  New  York, 

55  West  44th  St.,  New  York;  Bryant  1816. 

J.  Hampden  Dougherty, 

Lawyer, 

27  William  St.,  New  York;  Broad  2337. 


6. — Political  Parties  in  New  York. 

(Relations  between  city,  state  and  national  affairs;  the  domi¬ 
nation  of  national  and  local  issues  by  the  same  set  of  political 
organizations;  the  resulting  confusion  and  inadequacy  of  treat¬ 
ment.  Experiments  with  municipal  parties  and  fusion  move¬ 
ments.  Proposals  for  reform  of  party  government  in  city  and 
state:  separation  of  state  and  municipal  issues  by  grant  of 
municipal  home  rule;  organization  of  state  and  municipal  parties 
to  deal  with  local  issues;  a  comprehensive  primary  law,  the  initia¬ 
tive  and  referendum,  the  recall,  the  short  ballot,  etc.) 

J.  Hampden  Dougherty, 

Lawyer, 

27  William  St.,  New  York;  Broad  2337. 

Hon._  Edward  T.  O’Loughlin, 

Register  of  Kings  County. 

Hall  of  Records,  Brooklyn;  Main  2830. 


7. -The  Taxation  System  of  New  York. 

(Sources  of  national,  state  and  municipal  revenues.  Needs  of 
the  city  government  necessitating  increased  revenue..  Possibili¬ 
ties  of  social  improvement  through  use  of  the  taxine  power.  Sug¬ 
gested  reforms  in  the  city’s  taxation  system:  abolition  of  per¬ 
sonal  property  tax;  amendment  of  excise  law;  reduction  of  rate 
of  taxation  on  buildings  and  corresponding  increase  :n  rate  on 
land;  taxation  of  certain  classes  of  business  now  exempt  there¬ 
from;  extension  of  the  system  of  assessing  the  cost  of  municipal 
improvements  on  the  property  benefitted.) 

Hon.  Lawson  Purdy, 

President  Department  of  Taxes  and  Assessments, 

Hall  of  Records,  New  York;  Worth  3900. 

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8. — The  Regulation  of  Corporations  in 
New  York  State. 

(Classes  of  corporations  operating  in  New  York  State;  public 
service  corporations,  insurance  companies  and  other  classes  sub¬ 
ject  to  state  regulation;  nature  of  this  regulation.  Monopoly, 
pjrfce-fixing,  unstandardized  service  and  other  evils  fostered  by 
e^mption  from  regulation.  The  regulative  measures  needed.) 

4  Frederick  T.  Kelsey, 

Chairman  Legislative  Committee  of  People’s  Institute, 
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COMMENTS  ON  THE  FIRST  EDITION 

INDICATING 

POSSIBLE  USES  OF  THE  DIRECTOR’!! 


Franklin  H.  Giddings,  Professor  of  SocioL$|j| 
Columbia  University,  New  York: 

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a  piece  of  work. 


Stephen  S.  Wise,  Rabbi  Free  Synagoue, 
York:  . 

It  gives  an  admirable  program  and  you  are  I 
congratulated  upon  it. 


Charles  W.  Eliot,  President  Emeritus  ] 
yard  University,  Cambridge,  Mass.: 


The  directory  of  speakers  on  municipal  probU 
which  you  have  been  good  enough  to  send  to  me ,  st  \ 
me  as  a  useful  tool  in  promoting  various  good  refoi 
I  shall  be  glad  to  use  it  myself  and  call  it  to  the  of 
tion  oj  others. 


Paul  U.  Kellogg,  Editor  The  Survey, 
York: 

It  shows  a  lot  of  structural  thought. 


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Associated  Charities,  Washington,  D.  C. : 

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